Lewis, Jason. "Rendition: Did UK Play Secret Role?" Telegraph (London), 25 Feb. 2012. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk]Materials presented chronologically.
Lewis, Jason. "Rendition: Did UK Play Secret Role?" Telegraph (London), 25 Feb. 2012. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk]
"Classified documents, seen by The Sunday Telegraph, suggest Parliament has been repeatedly misled by ministers about the extent of British intelligence officials' involvement" in American-run redition operations. "The papers outline how MI6 provided key intelligence and support for the transfer" of Abdelhakim Belhadj to Tripoli in March 2004. "They show that, in direct contradiction to assurances given by successive governments," the British airbase at Diego Garcia "was apparently used as a key staging post for the CIA programme."
Whitehead, Tom. "Number of Russian Spies in the UK Back to Cold War Levels, Say Security Services." Telegraph (London), 6 Apr. 2012. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk]
"It is believed there could be as many as 40 Russian spies active in the UK at any one time -- similar to if not higher than numbers just before the end of the Cold War, sources said."
Willis, Amy. "Top Level British Secrets 'Compromised by Canadian Spy.'" Telegraph (London), 25 Jul. 2012. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk]
"Jeffrey Paul Delisle, a naval intelligence officer, has been charged with selling a vast trove of top secret information between July 2007 and January 2012. Authorities are investigating whether the foreign entities involved may be Russian diplomats, following the recall of four envoys from Ottawa. Moscow has denied any links despite the diplomats having been recalled before their postings had been completed."
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